Stolen police cruiser deaths: Who is Raymond Walters?

DAYTON — The man named by police as the suspect in the theft of a police cruiser that crashed into multiple vehicles, killing two children and injuring 10 other people, has been out of prison less than a month.

Before the cruiser theft and deadly crash, Raymond A. Walters is suspected in the stabbing of his father in a black pickup truck on Xenia Avenue in Dayton on Monday evening, then crashing the truck on Airway Road in Riverside a short time later.

At the truck crash scene, officers said he got into the Riverside police SUV and fled into Dayton, where he crashed into vehicles outside the Dayton Metro Library. Two 6-year-old girls died in the crash, and 10 other people reportedly suffered injuries.

Walters was incarcerated at Lebanon Correctional Institution in August 2017 for a felony robbery conviction, according to Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction records. Walters was released Aug. 10 and was placed on supervised release, also known as parole, for three years.